#36AFAD#36AFAD

#36AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.104 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFAD
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -32.80, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 33.92, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.101 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.104 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3907, 34.4585, 44.8928)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFAD #AF3638

analogous

#36AF70 #36AFAD #3675AF

triadic

#36AFAD #AD36AF #AFAD36

tetradic

#36AFAD #7036AF #AF3638 #75AF36

square

#36AFAD #7036AF #AF3638 #75AF36

split-complementary

#36AFAD #AF3675 #AF7036

monochromatic

#195151 #28807F #36AFAD #57CBC9 #86DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#36AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFAD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFAD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.104 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7c5',
    500: '#36afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afad;
$custom-light: #7fc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFAD

secondary

#C37D7F

accent

#4C4EDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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